List of MLS Cup winners: Past Champions, History Since 1996

All-Time MLS Cup winners List: Past champions by year, stats, history, since 1996..




Most MLS Cup wins by team Los Angeles Galaxy 6th times, & DC United win the title 4th times in MLS Playoffs history.


The Los Angeles Galaxy are Major League Soccer champions once again.

Joseph Paintsil and Dejan Joveljic scored early goals, and the Galaxy outlasted the New York Red Bulls 2-1 in the MLS Cup final in front of an announced crowd of 26,812 people at Dignity Sports Health Complex in Carson, California on Saturday.

The Galaxy won their sixth MLS Cup, 10 years to the day after winning their last championship.









All-Time MLS Cup champions: Full list of past winners, runners-up, results, 1996-2024.



The 2024 MLS Cup is the 29th edition of the league's championship game. A total of 15 different clubs have won an MLS Cup, with 19 of 32 teams that have played in the league appearing in the MLS Cup final.



1996:   D.C. United over Los Angeles Galaxy (Foxboro Stadium), 3-2 (extra time)

1997:   D.C. United over Colorado Rapids (RFK Stadium), 2-1

1998:   Chicago Fire over D.C. United (Rose Bowl), 2-0

1999:   D.C. United over Los Angeles Galaxy (Foxboro Stadium), 2-0

2000:   Kansas City Wizards over Chicago Fire (RFK Stadium), 1-0

2001:   San Jose Earthquakes over Los Angeles Galaxy (Crew Stadium), 2-1 (extra time)

2002:   Los Angeles Galaxy over New England Revolution (Gillette Stadium), 1-0 (extra time)

2003:   San Jose Earthquakes over Chicago Fire (Home Depot Center), 4-2

2004:   D.C. United over Kansas City Wizards (Home Depot Center), 3-2

2005:   Los Angeles Galaxy over New England Revolution (Pizza Hut Park), 1-0 (extra time)

2006:   Houston Dynamo over New England Revolution (Pizza Hut Park), 1-1 (Dynamo won on 4-3p en)

2007:   Houston Dynamo over New England Revolution (RFK Stadium), 2-1

2008:   Columbus Crew over New York Red Bulls (Home Depot Center), 3-1

2009:   Real Salt Lake over Los Angeles Galaxy (Qwest Field), 1-1 (RSL won on, 5-4 pen)

2010:   Colorado Rapids over FC Dallas (BMO Field), 2-1 (extra time)

2011: Los Angeles Galaxy over Houston Dynamo (Home Depot Center), 1-0

2012: Los Angeles Galaxy over Houston Dynamo (Home Depot Center), 3-1

2013: Sporting Kansas City over Real Salt Lake (Sporting Park), 1-1 (SKC won on 7-6 pen)

2014:  Los Angeles Galaxy over New England Revolution (StubHub Center), 2-1 (extra time)


2015:   Portland Timbers over Columbus Crew (Mapfe Stadium), 2-1

2016: Seattle Sounders FC over Toronto FC (BMO Field), 0-0 (Sounders won on 5-4 pen)


2017: Toronto FC  def. Seattle Sounders FC (BMO Field), 2-0

2018: Atlanta United FC def   Portland Timbers 2-0  (Merce. Benz Stadium) 


2019: Seattle Sounders FC  def. Toronto FC,  3-1,  ()

2020: Columbus Crew SC  def.  Seattle Sounders FC  3 - 0,  

2021: New York City FC def.  Portland Timbers (Providence Park), 1-1  (NYCFC won pen. shootout, 4-2).


2022:  Los Angeles FC  def. Philadelphia 3-3 (Banc of Calif. stadium), (LAFC won on pen. 3-0)  ..


2023: Columbus Crew  def. Los Angeles FC (Lower.com Field), 2-1

2024: LA Galaxy  def.  New York Red Bulls  2-1 (Carson, California)

2025: 



Which team has won the most MLS Cup titles?


Los Angeles Galaxy is the Most successful team in MLS history, who has won the most MLS Cup titles with SIX-times.

  • Los Angeles Galaxy: 5
  • D.C. United: 4
  • Columbus Crew: 3
  • Houston Dynamo: 2
  • Seattle Sounders FC: 2
  • Sporting Kansas City: 2
  • San Jose Earthquakes: 2


Followed by the Best MLS Cup team is the DC United, who have won most MLS Cups with Four-times.

There are multiple teams tied with the third most MLS Cup wins.

The Sporting KC, the San Jose Earthquakes, the Houston Dynamo, the Columbus Crew and the Seattle Sounders FC each have won the MLS Cup 2 times.



Major League Soccer: MLS Cup-Playoffs, brief history, stats fast facts.


  • Major league Soccer MLS Cup is the trophy awarded to the post-season championship of MLS.

  • It is the top soccer club league teams competing in USA & Canada.

  • In the MLS Cup, there are 22 teams & the MLS Cup was organized between the Eastern Conference & Western Conference Championship.

  • Los Angeles Galaxy has won the most MLS Cup finals with 5 titles & DC. United have won the 4th titles.

  • There are three trophies have been awarded from MLS Cup inception in 1996,

  • first one is Alan I. Rothenberg (1996-98) resigned trophy Alan I. Rothenberg (1999-2007) and Philip F. Anschutz 2008 to present ...

  • The first MLS Cup final was played between 1996 D.C. United 3-2 Los Angeles Galaxy .
  • Los Angeles Galaxy beats New York Red Bulls to wins their Sixth MLS Cup Championship 2024 final in California.


Who won the last year MLS Cup title, MLS Cup 2023 winner.?


– Columbus Crew have turned their bold, possession-centric style into the league's ultimate prize, capturing MLS Cup 2023 presented by Audi with a 2-1 win over LAFC.

 2023 MLS Cup results in Eastern Conference club's third-ever MLS Cup after their 2008 and 2020 squads also entered the history books as champions.


Who has won the previous year's MLS Cup 2022?


Bale tied the score 3-3 on a dramatic header in the eighth minute of extra-time stoppage time, LAFC goalkeeper John McCarthy stopped two Philadelphia shots in the shootout, and LAFC beat the Union 3-0 on penalty kicks to claim its first MLS Cup championship in spectacular fashion.






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